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The number of new condominiums put on the market in the greater Tokyo area in April fell 2.8 percent from a year earlier to 4,093 units, the first decline in two months, the Real Estate Economic Institute said Monday.

Officials at Yokohama City Hall said Monday the city has reduced the number of children on nursery school waiting lists to zero from 179 as of April 1, meeting its 2010 target of doing so in three years.

Legend Award winner Michael Jackson poses with his award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards at the Yoyogi National Athletic Stadium May 27, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.

Dozens of American children are abducted to Japan every year-not by strangers, but by parents after messy divorces.

Aleasha Whitney Wilson is a Loveland High School graduate who studied liberal arts at UC Raymond Walters College and Fine Arts/Drawing at Northern Kentucky University.

Vincent van Gogh's "Road Menders" will be one of the highlights of the 2014 exhibition season at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Japanese companies are looking to resource-rich Africa to help fuel the Asian nation's economic recovery, with business leaders even courting state support in a bid to muscle China out of its pre-eminent position on the continent.

Logo of Panasonic Corp. is seen at CEATEC JAPAN 2011 electronics show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 4, 2011.

Iryn told her lawyer that it has been unfortunate to her that even if she asks for salt ,she can not get it because as a prisoner she can not get an interpreter.She said that most people use sign language.

The first film shot in 8K will be screened at Cannes, demonstrating what the Japanese broadcaster is calling "the final format." TOKYO Japan's public broadcaster NHK will showcase its next-generation 8K Super Hi-Vision format with screenings at Cannes on May 16 and 17 of the first short feature shot in the ultra-HD system.

Will Smith and Jaden Smith pose for photo during the 'After Earth' Press Conference at the Ritz Carlton Tokyo on May 2, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan Following a report that Jaden, 14, was looking to become legally free from his parents, the father-son duo set the record straight on Wednesday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "The thing that people don't get is ... (more)

TOKYO, Japan - The United Nations has found that financial sanctions against North Korea have bore fruit as the ability of the Communist nation to push ahead with its nuclear ... Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is 84, is being retried in Cairo.

Are you ready for the Off-World Cup? How about a Space Jam remake with a soccer theme? The Star Ball soccer ball from Perrocaliente features a striking pattern of five-pointed stars and irregular nonagons designed for, er, universal appeal.

Let's face it, most people go to Starbucks for the free Wi-Fi, and occasionally a drink or two.

The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division has granted former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo's petition to travel abroad next month.

It took Tokyo police just three hours to confirm the use of sarin gas when members of a doomsday cult attacked five crowded subway cars in 1995, killing 13 people and sickening thousands of passengers.

A high-speed railway project, a bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation pact and signing of infrastructure projects deals worth $15 billion, will be on the table for discussions when Prime minister Manmohan Singh visits Japan next week.

The first Infiniti Q50 has rolled off the line at Nissan's plant in Tochigi, Japan.